Boot or shoe polishing device



No. 6I5,566. Patented Dec. 6, I898. J. B. MILLER.

BOOT 0R SHOE POLISHING DEVICE.

(Application filed Jan. 1.2Y 1898.] (No Model.)

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JOHN B. MILLER, OF LOIVELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOOT oR SHOE POLISHING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,566, dated.December 6, 1898.

Application filed January 12,1898. Serial No. 666,443. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN B. MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and Common-- wealth ofMassachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inBoot or Shoe Polishing Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to boot and shoe polishing devices; and it consistsin the devices and combinations hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of this invention is simplicity and oheapness ofconstruction.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of theinvention with a boot in position to be polished and a'polishingclothapplied to the too or front part of the boot, dotted lines indicatingthe position of the cloth in polishing the heel; Fig. 2, afrontelevation of the same parts; Fig. 3, a plan of the device, and Fig.4: a vertical longitudinal section of the same.

A is a thick board or block, preferably of wood and rectangular andprovided in its ends a a with grooves a a which extend from side to sideof the block parallel with the top and bottom of said block and are ofsuffi cient size to receive and fit closely the wire B. For appearancesake the sides and ends of the block are beveled or rounded, as shown ata a A stout spring-wire B is bent four times at b b b b to form arectangle of .the'

same length as the block A, but of greater .width than said block toleave a space bethe sides are released, the elasticity of the wire willcause the ends b b to meet in the groove a and will retain said wire inplace.

In use the block is laid on the floor and the wearer of the boot or shoeplaces his foot upon the block and draws the polishing-cloth O by theends rapidly over the part of the boot or shoe to be polished, saidcloth passing down between the block A and the wire bars or sides b b*,under said bars, and up to the hands of the operator.

This device may be used by a person other than the wearer of the boot orshoe.

The friction of the cloth polishes the bars,

so that the cloth can be drawn under them with ease, and, moreover, suchfriction heats the polishing-cloth and accelerates thepolishingoperation.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of a block, having groovesat its ends, and a wire frame, surrounding said block with intervalsbetween the sides of said block and said frame, said frame beingretained in said grooves.

2. A boot and shoe polishing device con sisting of a block, grooved atits ends, and a rectangle wider than said block and formed of a singlespring-wire, the ends of said rectangle being arranged in said groovesand retained therein by the elasticity of said wire, and apolishing-cloth, arranged to pass over said block and under the sidebars or sides of said rectangle, to enable the ends of said cloth to begrasped by a person resting his foot upon said block.

In witness whereof I have signed this specification, in the presence oftwo attesting witnesses, this 3d day of January, A. D.- 1898.

JOHN B. MILLER.

Witnesses:

ALBERT M. MOORE, LOUIS F. LoNoMAN.

